George Washington vs. Maryland

George Washington and Maryland first met in 1908 and have played 8 times; Maryland leads the series 7–⁠1. Over the last 8 meetings it’s Maryland 7–⁠1, and Maryland has won the last 7.

George Washington wins
1
Maryland wins
7
Ties
0
First meeting
1908
Longest streak
7 Maryland
Current streak
7 Maryland
Last 10 meetings
Maryland 7–⁠1
Most recent
1955

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s1–⁠0
1940s0–⁠2
1950s0–⁠5
Average margin
31.9 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Maryland
5–⁠1 Maryland’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠2 George Washington first
Shutouts
3

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

  1. George Washington’s biggest win1908: George Washington 57, Maryland 0by 57 points
  2. Maryland’s biggest win1948: Maryland 47, George Washington 0by 47 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of George Washington and Maryland, 1908 on130015001700191019201930194019501960

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1948 game: Terps Run, Pass 'Co|onhi|s Dizzy For Fourth Win Only One Scoring Biz Is Made by Losers; 1904 Look on

    1948 · Evening star, Oct 24, 1948

  • The Evening star's story of the 1949 game

    1949 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 6, 1949

  • The Evening star's story of the 1953 game: CoIoniaIs Expecting To Whip Davidson; Team in Good Shape

    1953 · Evening star, Nov 10, 1953

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Nov 19, 1955Maryland 19, George Washington 0at Maryland
Nov 20, 195413Maryland 48, George Washington 6at Maryland
Nov 7, 19532Maryland 27, George Washington 6Neutral site
Oct 6, 19519Maryland 33, George Washington 6at Maryland
Nov 4, 195016Maryland 23, George Washington 7at Maryland
Nov 5, 1949Maryland 40, George Washington 14at Maryland
Oct 23, 1948Maryland 47, George Washington 0Neutral site
Nov 21, 1908George Washington 57, Maryland 0at Maryland

Every game is listed as played on the field.